soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
damselfly (Zygoptera spp.); demoiselle
autumn darter (Sympetrum frequens)
Siebold's dragonfly (Anotogaster sieboldii); jumbo dragonfly
lesser emperor (Anax parthenope)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
time around sunset; early evening
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
butterfly net; net for catching insects
to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to come to naught; to come to nought
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
helper; assistant; help; assistance
to look around; to survey
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape